Whatâs so funny about this? In this ultra-modern age of specialized online dating sites, it should come as no surprise that even spiders want to meet, marry and mate with someone of their own kind. Itâs no longer enough to just find someone of the same sexual persuasion. Nowadays people are looking for others of the same race, religion, ethnicity and with the same interests. Besides ChristianMingle, BlackPeopleMeet, you can now meet fellow Equestrians (horse fans), Apple fans, Geeks, Republicans, Democrats, Pet Lovers, Farmers, Over 50, Trekers, IvyLeaguers, and Vegetarians. I think my ideal mate is a black, christian, vegetarian, republican who rides horses while computing with her pet who lives on a farm and graduated from Princeton. I think that covers most of these. Itâs no wonder that even a hairy tarantula can now find the perfect mate online. The tarantula in question is a male. If Iâm not mistaken, female tarantulas will eat the males after mating. Maybe our hero doesnât only want a one night stand of passion. Weâre told that âhe spider on the webâ. If youâre reading this, the previous sentence makes no sense. If youâre only listening then it should make perfect sense. The pun here is the verb âspyâ, the past tense of which is spied. Add to that the object pronoun âherâ and you get âspied herâ a very nice homophone of âspiderâ. Furthermore, all this fun stuff happened on the web. But whose web is it any way? And THATâs whatâs so funny!